There are several hundred local butterfly host plant species, attracting almost a hundred butterfly species. Here are some of the most desirable for gardens, all native to the area covered by this blogsite.
LARGE TREES
Blush Walnut Beilschmiedia obtusifolia BLUE TRIANGLE BUTTERFLY
Flame Tree Brachychiton acerifolius TAILED EMPEROR, AEROPLANE, VARIOUS BLUES, JEWELS AND HAIRSTREAKS
Tailed Emperor on my window.
Mowbullan Whitewood Elaeocarpus kirtonii BRONZE FLAT, FIERY JEWEL
Crows Ash Flindersia australis ORCHARD SWALLOWTAIL
Brush Box Lophostemon confertus BRONZE FLAT, RED-EYE, JEWEL BUTTERFLIES
MEDIUM-SIZED TREES
Wattles Acacia species TAILED EMPERORS, YELLOWS, BLUES, JEWELS AND HAIRSTREAKS
Yellow Migrant
Birdseyes and Boonarees Alectryon species BRONZE FLATS, JEWELS, BLUES, AND CORNELIANS
Soap Tree Alphitonia excelsa VARIOUS BLUES, JEWELS AND HAIRSTREAKS
Piccabeen Palm Archontophoenix cunninghamii PALM DART SPECIES
Lacebark, Kurrajong, Bottle Tree: Brachychiton species TAILED EMPEROR, AEROPLANE, VARIOUS BLUE AND JEWEL BUTTERFLIES
Yellow Tulipwod Drypetes deplanchei YELLOW ALBATROSS
Silver-leafed Ironbark Eucalyptus melanophloia DAEMEL’S BLUE
LITTLE TREES
Wattles Acacia species AS ABOVE
Native Capers, Capparis species FIVE SPECIES OF CAPER BUTTERFLIES
Caper White
Velvet Cassia Cassia tomentella LEMON MIGRANT, TAILED EMPEROR
Native Round Lime Citrus australis VARIOUS SWALLOWTAILS
Bollygums Neolitsea species BRONZE FLAT, BLUE TRIANGLE
Murrogun Cryptocarya microneura (Cryptocarya glaucescens var. reticulata) MACLEAY’S SWALLOWTAIL, BRONZE FLATS, BLUE TRIANGLE ORCHARD SWALLOWTAIL
Native Cassia Cassia tomentella YELLOWS, TAILED EMPEROR.
SHRUBS
Pretty Wattle Acacia decora TAILED EMPERORS, YELLOWS, BLUES, JEWELS AND HAIRSTREAKS
Lemon Migrant
Holly Dovewood Alchornea ilicifolia YELLOW ALBATROSS
Breynia Breynia oblongifolia YELLOWS
Blueberry Ash Elaeocarpus reticulatus BRONZE FLAT
Dogwood Jacksonia scoparia BLUES AND JEWELS
Native Cassias Senna coronilloides, S. artemisioides etc YELLOWS, TAILED EMPEROR.
CLIMBERS
Cressida Butterfly Vine Aristolochia meridionalis CLEARWING
Clearwing
Zig-zag Vine Melodorum leichhardtii FOUR-BAR SWORDTAIL, RED-EYE
Four-bar Swordtail
Native Passionfruit Passiflora aurantia GLASSWING
Doubah, Marsdenia viridiflora COMMON CROW, NATIVE WANDERER
Gargaloo, Parsonsia eucalyptoides COMMON CROW.
Corky Milk Vine Secamone elliptica BLUE TIGER, COMMON CROW, NATIVE WANDERER
Blue Tiger
FLOWERS AND HERBS
Spade flower Hybanthus stellarioides GLASSWING
Native Plumbago Plumbago zeylanica PLUMBAGO BLUE
Love Flower Pseuderanthemum variabile LEAFWING, ARGUS, EGGFLY.
Fan Flowers Scaevola species MEADOW ARGUS
Native Nettles Urtica incisa AUSTRALIAN ADMIRAL
Australian Admiral
Paper daisies, Xerochrysum and other species PAINTED LADY
GRASSES, RUSHES
Matrushes Lomandra longifolia SKIPPERS
Tussock grasses Poa species BROWNS, SKIPPERS
Banks' Brown, at the Bunya Mountains
Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra BROWNS, RINGLETS
MISTLETOES of the Loranthaceae Family.
(Plant seeds on existing trees)
Most Mistletoe species. JEZEBELS, AZURES
Scarlet Jezebel
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